World-champion wrestler drops lawsuit against NCAA over ISU eligibility

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 772

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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A world-champion Cuban wrestler has dismissed his lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association over rules that he said unfairly barred him from wrestling for Iowa State University.

The lawsuit, filed in December 2025, was voluntarily dismissed late last week by lawyers for Reineri Andreu Ortega, a student and prospective college wrestler at ISU, with no public disclosure as to whether a settlement had been reached.

The lawsuit challenged the NCAA’s so-called “Five-Year Eligibility Clock” …

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